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5/13/11

Perfect Eyebrows from a Kit- Anastasia Beauty Express

Weird that I often neglect my own. But because I'm always a sucker for kits and palettes of any kind (especially ones with super cool stencils included), I figured I'd give this one a whirl.

It's got everything you need for perfect brows- five stencils (there's one for every brow shape, I promise), two shades of shadow to fill brows, wax (to keep brows in place and help powder adhere), and two highlight shades. Oh, and a little cheapo angled brow brush. It's really not the best brush in the world to fill brows (I use mine for the wax only), but you can get a great brow brush from Sigmabeauty.com. My favorite, and the one I feature in the video, is the E65.
The only thing it's missing...tweezers. Not that I would expect great ones to be included in a kit like this, but I definitely have started keeping mine inside of it as tweezing is a step to include at least once a week or so in the whole process.

While I've always been skeptical about the whole "stenciled brow" concept, it's actually quite amazing when you try it out. It turned me into a brow stencil believer. ...and actually shocked me that I didn't end up looking like this:

*I had the most epic awful brow picture for this post. But didn't have the heart to actually post it because if someone recognized their brows on here I would die. Use your imagination. Or just Google "chola brows" for some entertainment.Check out my video below for a step-by-step tutorial using this kit and a review of this product (I use the Blonde shade).
The Anastasia Beauty Express kit can be purchased at Ulta, Sephora, and anywhere Anastasia Beverly Hills products are sold.

Thanks for the review. I've been thinking of getting this kit for sometime, this might have me pulling the trigger. Also, welcome to the club...once you get a dog you begin to bring it up very often in conversations. :-)

Love you hair curled like that! This is so useful! The funniest eyebrow epiphany happened to me while I was singing karaoke. A girl said "You're so pretty but your eyebrows need a better shape". Someone might get offended by that, but I didn't care.

My brows had a natural "pointed" arch and they were a bit too pronounced. Ever since then, I reshaped and have softened my eyebrow look!

I agree with the other comments, your brows did look good before... and now with the kit it enhances the look and doesn't change it too much! Also, I love your makeup in the video! You should do a tutorial on it!

My eyebrows are naturally two different shapes. It's one of those things no one notices until I point it out to them. So this kit poses lots of questions.... which shape do I use? Do I just use two different stencils? Will it be more obvious? Why am I a lopsided eyebrow freak? What is the sound of one hand clapping?

Hi Tiffany !I would like to know if you have any adivice on how to refresh your make up to go out at night after an entire day. I apply my make up in the morning and then go to work all day, when I want to go out at night, I reaply make up over...any advice to get that morning fresh look?

This looks like a great product! Like you, I'm a bit skeptical about brow stencils, but I'm definitely more open to the idea of them after watching your YT vid. You're eyebrows look amazing, so honestly, I'll probably end up buying this, haha! -Daniellethescoopbydanielle.blogspot.com/

To be honest, I've never used an eyebrow stencil before. It would probably make doing that part of my makeup that much easier. I agree with you that it would be nice to put my tweezers in the kit. That way everything I need for my eyebrows are in one place. http://www.ditzycosmetics.com/behind.php

Thank you times a million! I just bought this kit and had no idea how to use it. I found this video on YouTube and your brows looked so great that you gave me the confidence to open the kit and try it. Your tutorial was perfect, it took me a few minutes to do my brows and they look great! I'm so happy!